COOKIE POLICY
We, as Borusan Makina and Power Systems Industry and Trade Inc. use cookies to improve your experience and make the best use of www.borusancat.com
This Cookie Policy aims to inform you related to Borusan’s use of cookies within the scope of Article 10 of the Law on Protection of Personal Data numbered 6698 .You can find more information about cookies under the following headings:
A. WHAT ARE COOKIES?
Cookies are low-size text files that used to store certain information on your device (such as your phones, computers, tables etc.) when you visit a website. Cookies allow websites to work effectively, remember user preferences (such as language preference or website settings), keep the information on website up to date, conduct personalized marketing activities and make improvements for users.
Cookies are divided into three by their purposes of use, parties and lifetime:
| Cookies by Parties | |
|---|---|
| First-Party Cookies: First-party cookies are cookies created by the website visited. | Third-Party Cookies: Third-party cookies are cookies created by other websites. |
| Cookies by Their Lifetime | |
|---|---|
| Persistent Cookies: Persistent cookies are cookies that are not deleted directly when the internet browser is closed but are deleted after a certain period of time. | Session Cookies: Session cookies are cookies that are used to ensure the continuity of the session and are deleted when the user closes the internet browser. |
| Cookies by Their Purpose of Use | |
|---|---|
| Technical (Essential) Cookies: These are cookies that are necessary for use of the website. If the use of these cookies is blocked, certain parts or all of the Site may not be accessible. | Performance (Analytics) Cookies: These are cookies that collect information about how users use the website. These are used to improve/enhance user experience. |
| Marketing Cookies: These are cookies used to provide personalized content according to user’s interests and to measure the effectiveness of marketing activities. | Functionality Cookies: These cookies are used to remember your usage preferences on the website and to personalize your use of the website. |
B. COOKIES USED ON THE WEBSITE AND THE LEGAL GROUND FOR THE USE OF COOKIES
Technical/essential cookies, performance/analytics cookies, functionality cookies and marketing cookies are used on the Website. The details of cookies used on the Site are listed below:
| Technical/Essential Cookies | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legal Ground | Cookie Name | Purpose of Use | Lifetime | Provider |
| Article 5/2-f of the Law, processing of data is necessary for the legitimate interests of the data controller | _lang | Used for language selection. | Indefinite | Borusan Cat |
| _selectCountry | Used for country selection information. | Indefinite | Borusan Cat | |
| _marketing_cookie | There is kept information about the user's marketing cookie selection being active. | Indefinite | Borusan Cat | |
| _performance_cookie | There is kept information about the user's performance cookie selection being active. | Indefinite | Borusan Cat | |
| _required_cookie | There is kept information about the essential cookies being active. | Indefinite | Borusan Cat | |
| _functional_cookie | There is kept information about the user's functionality cookie selection being active. | Indefinite | Borusan Cat | |
| _reject | There is kept information that the user rejects all cookies, except for mandatory cookies. | Indefinite | Borusan Cat | |
| Functionality Cookies | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legal Ground | Cookie Name | Purpose of Use | Lifetime | Provider |
| Article 5/2-f of the Law, processing of data is necessary for the legitimate interests or in cases where the provisions of ingormation sociry servise is not explicitly requested Article 5/1 of Law, explicit consent of the data subject | NID | Google uses this cookie for tracking if the user has specific settings. When you switch to another page, it compares and understands this information. (ex: language, search options, etc.) | 6 Months | |
| _jv | JThese are cookies provided by JivoChat. | Indefinite | JivoChat | |
| Performance Cookies | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legal Ground | Cookie Name | Purpose of Use | Lifetime | Provider |
| Article 5/1 of the Law, Explicit consent of the data subject | _ga | This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as the client identifier. | Indefinite | |
| _gid | It is used by Google Analytics to distinguish users who visit our website. | 24 Hours | ||
| _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress | Hotjar This cookie is used to detect a user's first pageview session. This is a True/False flag set by the cookie. | 30 Minutes | Hotjar | |
| _hjFirstSeen | This is set to identify the first session of a new user. It stores a true/false value indicating whether or not Hotjar first saw this user. It is used by Log filters to identify new user sessions. | Session | Hotjar | |
| _hjIncludedInPageviewSample | This cookie is set to inform Hotjar if that user is included in the data sample defined by your site's pageview limit. | One Day | Hotjar | |
| _hjIncludedInSessionSample | This cookie is set to let Hotjar know if that user is included in the data sample defined by your site's daily session limit. | 30 Minutes | Hotjar | |
| _hjSession_{id} | A cookie that holds valid session data. This ensures that subsequent requests in the session window are attributed to the same Hotjar session. | 30 Minutes | Hotjar | |
| _hjSessionUser_{id} | It is used to recognize the session carried out on your device and identifies a unique Hotjar ID for each user. | One Year | Hotjar | |
| OTZ | The "OTZ" cookie is used by Google analytics to track website traffic information. | 18 Days | ||
| Marketing Cookies | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legal Ground | Cookie Name | Purpose of Use | Lifetime | Provider |
| Article 5/1 of the Law, Explicit consent of the data subject | _ins | These are cookies provided by Insider. | Indefinite | İnsider |
| _fbp | These are cookies provided by Facebook and are used for advertising purposes. These cookies are stored for 6 months. | 6 Months | ||
| 1P_JAR | It is used to get the statistical data of the website, the number of conversions. | One Months | ||
| _gtm | It is used to get the statistical data of the website, the number of conversions. | 1 year | ||
| LinkedIn Insight Tag | Cookies provided by LinkedIn. Used for advertising and conversion tracking. | 6 Months | ||
C. PERSONAL DATA PROCESSED THROUGH COOKIES
Your personal data below are processed through cookies as follows:
| Identity | User ID |
|---|---|
| Transaction Security | IP address, browser and operating system, your visiting date and time, interaction status (such as whether you may access the website or get an error alert), usage of features on the website, search phrases you entered, how often you visit the website, your language preferences, your page offsets, user transaction records including information about the tabs you access. |
D. COLLECTION OF PERSONAL DATA THROUGH COOKIES
Your personal data mentioned above are collected by automated methods through cookies. Processing personal data activities through cookies are based on the legal grounds specified under the heading "B. Cookies Used on Website and Legal Grounds of Cookie Usage".
E. SHARING OF PERSONAL DATA COLLECTED THROUGH COOKIES
Your personal data collected through cookies are shared with third-party cookie providers in line with the purposes and legal grounds specified in this Policy. When sharing your personal data, compliance with the rules specified in Articles 8 and 9 of the Law is ensured.
F. DISABLING THE USE OF COOKIES
Most browsers offer different ways to protect your privacy. For instance, you may allow first-party cookies or block third-party cookies. You may also update your browser settings opt-out if you wish to disable all cookies.
You may access the cookie management explanations of certain frequently used browsers from the links below:
| Click to Reach the Related Browser Cookie Management Pages | |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Edge | Firefox |
| Google Chrome | Opera |
| Safari | |
In addition, you may specify the cookies to be used according to your wishes by clicking Cookie Settings.
G. EXERCISE OF DATA SUBJECT RIGHTS
Article 11 of the Law regulates the rights of the data subject. As the data subject, you may choose the following methods to exercise your rights specified in Article 11 of the Law:
- You can send your requests to catcompliance@borusan.com e-mail address by using the e-mail address you have previously informed us and registered in our system.
- You can send your requests to Gebze Organize Sanayi Bölgesi 1500.Sokak No:1501 41400 Gebze/KOCAELI by mail.
- You can choose other methods mentioned in the Communiqué on the Principles and Procedures for the Request to Data Controller.
Last Update : 15.01.2026
